SENSITISATION WORKSHOPS
40 lakh grassroots workers, 5.65 lakh police, prison officials trained to spread awareness on new criminal laws
As the new criminal laws laid emphasis on technology in investigation, trial and court proceedings, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has made 23 functional modifications in the existing Crime and Criminal Tracking Networks and Systems (CCTNS) application under which all cases are registered now in every police station in the country.
To address talent shortage, chipmakers skilling engineering students
Firms like Intel India, AMD, Applied Materials and Tessolve are teaming up students and employees to work on real-life projects, establishing labs in institutes like IIT-Bombay, driving industry-academia partnerships to conduct research in core design and AI training and sponsoring students pursuing research.
LGBTQIA+ employees have a new ally at workplace in senior leaders
At companies such as GE Aerospace, IBM, LTIMindtree, Deutsche Bank, Cisco, Cummins and Thoughtworks, board members, leaders, people managers as well as teammates are driving a culture of inclusiveness so that LGBTQIA+ workers don’t feel isolated.
Harman rolls out slew of initiatives to hire LGBTQ+ individuals
The US audio solutions company, wholly owned by Samsung Electronics, has taken steps to establish an inclusive workspace through infrastructural adjustments, including the implementation of gender-neutral washrooms and enhanced accessibility for individuals with varying abilities.
Mission Ready: Cos scale up hiring of ex-service personnel
Hiring of veterans is picking up pace across India Inc as companies focused on diversity intensify efforts to identify, train and onboard ex-servicemen, recognising the value they bring to the table. Skills such as leadership, teamwork, integrity, risk management, and problem-solving, which are intrinsic to armed forces officers, are prized by companies including Flipkart, Vedanta, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, GE Aerospace, Marsh McLennan Global Capability Centre, and Optum.
Apprenticeship training sees twenty-fold jump in five years
Under the Apprenticeship Act, the government did away with criminal provisions, making it easier and attractive for employers or establishments to hire apprentices. Besides, it moved away from the system of reimbursing the establishments for apprenticeship training and started giving its share of stipends directly to the candidates.
- Go To Page 1
India Inc is going big on training its blue-collar workforce on POSH
Organizations, from large corporations to small businesses and educational institutions, are broadening their efforts to raise awareness of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH) law. They are targeting blue-collar workers and third-party staff. Many companies like Complykaro, SamānaCentre, and Rainmaker, which advise on POSH compliance, have reported a 100-150% increase in sessions for these workers. The demand extends to e-modules and trainers proficient in regional languages.
M&M maternity leave to cover adoption, surrogacy
The new maternity benefits policy - amongst the first such initiatives in the manufacturing industry - also provides 6 months of flexi work option and 24 months of hybrid work option to all new mothers, with approval from the line manager, at the end of the 26-week mandated maternity leave.
Vedanta rolls out inclusion policy for transgender employees
Natural resources company Vedanta has implemented an inclusion policy for its transgender employees. The policy includes additional medical benefits, such as a 30-day gender reaffirmation leave and financial support for gender reaffirmation surgery. Vedanta aims to create a workplace culture that celebrates diversity and equal opportunities for all individuals. Vedanta has set a strategic goal to achieve 40% inclusivity across its leadership ranks by 2050.
Series of workshops held to facilitate wider adoption of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan
A series of regional workshops were organized to facilitate the increased adoption of the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP) platform across all the States and UTs and to sensitise the state officials about it.
DPIIT asks state governments to hold industry interactions to address issue
The special secretary also talked about mapping freight flows in order to have a demand-driven approach to logistics efficiency for the next 5-10 years, attracting private investments in logistics-related infrastructure and involving start-ups for solutions to promoting logistics efficiency.
Ministry of Ayush inks MoU with ITDC to promote medical value travel, other traditional medicinal systems
It will identify tourist circuits, where there is immense scope to promote Medical value travel in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine and provide all the technical know-how from time to time to ITDC, it said.
Pride Month: Keshav Suri says diversity in hiring, sensitising corporate leadership can make workplaces inclusive
The youngest Executive Director at The LaLit Suri Hospitality Group speaks on the much- needed changes in the corporate world to maintain equality & more.
Uber holds gender sensitisation workshops for its drivers in Chennai
Key focus of the initiative is to educate drivers, coming from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, on courteous behaviour throughout a journey.
More than 50% women professionals believe sexual harassment at the workplace has increased over the years: Survey
The research was carried out across 200 women from 80 organisations across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi.
Allegations of corruption not exempted from RTI; CIC asks CBI Chief to sensitise staff
The aforesaid ratio laid down with respect to the Intelligence Bureau is squarely applicable to the case of CBI also, Sinha held.
EEPC India organises its first ever workshop on cyber hacks
In its first ever event, the EEPC India organised a workshop and conference in Kolkata on today, bringing face to face the cyber and forensic science experts and exporters.
Airtel denies charges of giving in to bigotry, plans to sensitise employees
India’s largest telco has rejected accusation that it changed its customer care executive to someone of a different religion, acceding to the demand of a subscriber.
Airbnb allows globe trotters to share living spaces with rural artisans Andhra Pradesh
AP's Tourism Department will identify artisans across the state engaged in producing craft works who will then be listed on Airbnb’s global platform.
Corp Affairs Min to hold sensitisation workshops on CSR norms
The move comes against the backdrop of instances of discrepancies in data and lapses being noticed by the Ministry with regard to compliance with CSR rules for the financial year 2014-15 -- when these norms came into effect.
Project SEARCH seeks to sensitise school students towards environment
The Project, has been implemented in 213 schools across India in the past six years.
Arun Jaitley's workshop on media: Government spokesmen to voice grouses against ministries
Arun Jaitley will hold a workshop with his officials and private secretaries of all other ministers on Monday on how to improve media management of Modi Sarkar.
Senior government officials to attend workshop on information flow
Information and Broadcasting Ministry will hold a day-long special "sensitisation" workshop tomorrow which will be attended by senior officials.
Municipal Commissioners' workshop to discuss urban issues
Lessons learned from the implementation of JNNURM and improvisations to be made for effective implementation of new initiatives would be discussed in detail.
India Inc takes baby steps on gender sensitisation, women’s safety at workplace
Ayear after the law on sexual harassment was enacted, ET takes a look at how corporates are dealing with its implementation.
USFDA to hold workshops across India on quality requirements
USFDA plans to conduct workshops across India in the next one year in order to sanitise Indian drug cos about the changing quality requirements.
Delhi, NCR likely to generate 50,000 metric tonnes of e-waste by 2015: Assocham
India's capital is emerging as the world’s dumping capital for e-waste, hazardous activities taking place and like to generate e-waste to an extent of 50,000 metric tonnes (MT) per annum by 2015 from the current level of 30,000 metric tonnes per annum, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25%, according to an Assocham estimate.
IFC, SEBI, CII to sensitise directors on corporate governance
IFC, an arm of the World Bank, will hold a series of workshops along with market regulator SEBI and industry body CII to sensitise independent directors about issues concerning corporate governance.
Load More
